Suzanne Collins · 358 pages
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“Nerrissa? You believe her? Well, you at least have to credit her with a certain instability! Remember when she told you that I was going to take over the Fount with and army of Lobsters?" said Ripred.
You did try to take over the Fount with an army of Lobsters." said Vikus.
Yes, yes, but it was years before she was born. My point is, she flip-flops in and out of time like a fish in shallow waters." answered Ripred.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
“turn and turn and turn again
you see the what, but not the when
remedy and wrong entwine
and so they form a single vine”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
“And did anyone here bring me food? I'm famished."
[Gregor's] fingers found a stray fortune cookie from the night before and he pulled it out. "Here," he said.
Ripred reacted with exaggerated amazement. "Oh, heavens, is this whole thing for me?"
"Look, I didn't even know --" Gregor began.
"No, please. Don't apologize." Ripred's tongue darted out and flicked the cookie into his mouth. "Oh, yes, oh, my word," he raved as he chewed and swallowed. "I'm absolutely stuffed!”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
“Living out here, I have found that many creatures would prefer not to fight. But if your first instinct is to reach for your sword, you will never discover that.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
“What do you do here that you could not do there?'
'I do no harm. I do no more harm.'
-Hamnet”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
“How is he?” “He’s a royal pain, frankly. He eats three times as much as the rest of us, yet he can’t seem to get the knack of hunting. If we don’t feed him he whines. So, of course, we do feed him and then he grows another six inches and whines louder.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
“His dad said if you did something wrong to someone in public, you ought to admit it in public, too.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
“But that means the pups are starving to death, too. Not just the big rats,” said Gregor. “Doesn’t that bother you?” “Of course it bothers me!” Mareth shook his head and sighed. “It is so hard for you to know what it is like for us here, Gregor.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
“probably no one would have ever even heard of a yak if it hadn't been about the only animal that began with a y.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
“He wished he had some bread crumbs or something to leave a trail. Of course, if he had bread crumbs, he wouldn’t be looking for food. Just sitting around eating bread crumbs. Whatever.”
― Suzanne Collins, quote from Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
“A man´s desire is a powerful thing. It can reduce a strong man to nothing. When he sees a woman who fascinates him, he will give up everything for her.”
― Alma Katsu, quote from The Taker
“«Natale una fesseria, zio?», disse il nipote di Scrooge; «sono sicuro che non pensi una cosa simile».
«Certo che la penso», disse Scrooge. «Buon Natale! Che diritto hai tu di essere allegro? Che ragione hai tu di essere allegro? Sei povero abbastanza».
«Andiamo, via», rispose allegro il nipote. «Che diritto hai tu di essere triste? Che ragione hai tu di essere scontento? Sei ricco abbastanza».”
― Charles Dickens, quote from A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
“Everyone who was born had to die; those who died would be reborn again. The killer and the slain: these were terms that had no meaning. The soul could never be destroyed. The soul discards a worn-out body for a new one as human beings discard old clothes for new, said Krishna, and there was nothing in this to grieve about.”
― M.T. Vasudevan Nair, quote from രണ്ടാമൂഴം | Randamoozham
“Sempre he pensat que el do d'una persona reflectia alguna cosa seva, i l'únic que se m'acut és que el meu do reflecteix els meus desitjos,i que jo desitjo ser totalment salvatge, totalment lliure. Sense cap mena de control.”
― Sally Green, quote from Half Wild
“You aren't afraid of needles. I see one, and I start crying like a baby."
"I've never seen you cry."
"It's on the inside.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from A Mad Zombie Party
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